Geriatrics At Your Fingertips 2003

5th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0337-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten

The fifth edition of 'Geriatrics at Your Fingertips' is a portable, practical and economical tool for professionals who provide primary care to older persons. Content focuses on the evaluation and management of the diseases and disorders that most commonly affect older persons in various healthcare settings. 'GAYF' minimizes the time clinicians spend searching for the information that they need to make patient care decisions. Many of the care strategies are derived from guidelines published by organizations such as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the American Heart Association, and the American Diabetes Association, among others.

GAYF' describes assessment instruments, recommended diagnostic tests, and management strategies that include non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy. The design of the tables and lists of drugs facilitates appropriate prescribing. Generic and trade names are provided, as well as information on dosages, how the drugs are metabolized or excreted, and how each drug is supplied--with special emphasis on impact in older patients.

Body system disorders (such as respiratory diseases), symptoms (like pain), and life-style issues (such as alcohol and tobacco abuse) are covered in separate chapters.

At the end of the book are lists of telephone numbers and Web sites that serve as additional resources for specific information on general aging, end-of-life, legal issues and elder abuse, and specific health problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herr, Keela A.

Pacala, James T.

Pollock, Bruce G.

Potter, Jane F.

Semla, Todd P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Formulas and Reference Information

Assessment and Approach

Appropriate Prescribing and Pharmacotherapy

Alcohol and Tobacco use

Anticoagulation

Anxiety

Cardiovascular Diseases

Delirium

Dementia

Depression

Dermatologic Conditions

Endocrine disorders

Falls

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Hearing Impairment

Hematology and Oncology

Infectious Diseases

Malnutrition

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Neurologic Disorders

Osteoporosis

Pain

Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Preoperative and Perioperative Care

Pressure Ulcers

Prevention

Psychotic Disorders

Renal and Prostate Disorders

Respiratory Diseases

Sexual Dysfunction

Sleep Disorders

Urinary Incontinence

Visual Impairment

Women's Health

Über Autor(innen)

UCLA School of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh, University of Nebraska Medical Center